The epicenter of the earthquake at 22:39 hours was 18 kilometers south of Rijeka and six kilometers northwest of Njivice on the island of Krk.

That is a fifth earthquake that struck Rijeka and the area of Kvarner in just two days.

The first earthquake occurred on Tuesday at 11:40 am, and it had a magnitude of 3.4 degrees on Richter scale. The second earthquake occurred on the same day around 23 hours, and it had a magnitude of 3.7 degrees on Richter scale.

After it followed another, the third quake, on Wednesday around 13:30 hours, and it was 3.5 degrees magnitude, fourth around 17:30 hours of 2.8 degrees on Richter scale, and the epicenter was on the island Krk, near Omislje.